(The general is also, perhaps understandably, pissed that Akeem left his sister at the altar three decades ago). Making matters worse, General Izzi (Wesley Snipes), the militant leader of neighbouring Nextdoria, is threatening war unless Akeem agrees to offer up his eldest daughter, Meeka (KiKi Layne), for an arranged marriage. James Earl Jones recently turned 90 Coming 2 America is his first on-screen appearance since 2015. Akeem's youthful disobedience has calcified into a kind of middle age traditionalism, and with his father, King Jaffe Joffer (James Earl Jones), ailing, he's fallen into a crisis of masculinity. They have three smart and skilful daughters, but one dynastic problem: Zamunda law dictates that the heir to the throne must be a son. To look over on the set, seeing her, I had a big giant proud papa moment every day." We can't wait to see the father-daughter duo share the screen when the film hits Amazon Prime Video on March 5.Eddie Murphy was at the peak of his 80s imperial phase when he delivered what would become one of his most enduring hits: a big-studio romantic comedy about an earnest African prince who defied tradition to find true love in Queens, New York, a world of lingering jheri curls, garrulous barbershops, and pre-gentrification hustle.Ĭoming to America worked as both an affectionate satire of late-80s Black culture and a valentine to the African diaspora: its cartoonish-but-aspirational nation of Zamunda gave audiences a regal Africa that Hollywood had rarely if ever shown, one that continued to reverberate across everything from Beyonce's extended music films to the fictional utopia of Wakanda.Īrriving 33 year later, Coming 2 America opens back in Zamunda, where Prince Akeem (Murphy) and his Queen, Lisa (Shari Headley), are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. "You know, if you have children, your child could do like a school play, and your heart will burst with pride. "I can't even put into words, Al," he said. While chatting with Today's Al Roker, he couldn't help but go into proud dad mode. "And I'm really proud with how it turned out." "I just really wanted to do the best that I could," she added. "I didn't want people to watch it and be like, 'Oh, that must be his daughter 'cause she can't keep up with everyone else,'" she said.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have gotten the role."īella added that she really went to "be good" in the role. She had to really be able to - you know, to deliver. "I wasn't musclin' my kid into the movie. "She had to audition for Craig Brewer, who directed the movie," Eddie told Good Morning America. In fact, Eddie was adamant about her auditioning for the role. However, just because Bella is Eddie's daughter doesn't mean she got special treatment. Not only does the role mark her feature film debut, but the 19-year-old actually plays one of Prince Akeem and Lisa McDowell's three daughters, Omma. The sequel to 1988's Coming to America follows Murphy's character, Prince Akeem, as he discovers he has a long-lost son, but it also features his real-life daughter, Bella, whom he shares with ex-wife Nicole Mitchell Murphy. Eddie Murphy's Coming 2 Americais sure to be a family affair.
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